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Powerful Social Studies for Elementary Students

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As an educator, I believe in powerful teaching: meaning that students are the first source of information and it is the teacher's job to build on student's prior knowledge. Brophy and Alleman's book is like a bully or a know-it-all teacher that goads the students into learning. It has the gloss of a well-meaning, informative book, but the underlying message is to trick students into believing they know something and are valuable learners to get your own message across. I don't want to trick my students by using the techniques in this book. It's completely insincere.

This is a wonderful book. Social Studies as a content area is broad and sometimes presented as a collection of unrelated ideas. Brophy and Alleman present a solid and well-constructed approach to teaching social studies. They have wonderful examples and insightful information on children's developmental knowledge in the social studies.

This book has a great perspective on how to teach social studies in elementary. It isn't watered down like much of today's teaching on social studies. It challenges today's norms and gives an incredible alternative on how to effectively teach concepts of social studies to effect children's lives.

I got this book because I needed it for a class... it's not the easiest textbook to read but it has some good points and ideas in it.

thanks for your promptness. i needed this book for a class and it is always nice to have it on the first day so i appreciate you getting it to me so fast. the book was in wonderful condition and is being used quite often.

I received the book in a timely fashion and its condition was exactly as described. Great seller!